OpenVPN Windows XP

Windows XP OpenVPN Manual Installation

How to setup OpenVPN connection on Windows XP?

1Download OpenVPN GUI from the official site:
- OpenVPN GUI
- After download is complete, start installer:

On first screen, click "Next":

OpenVPN connection on Windows XP - Step 1
2Click on "I agree" button:

OpenVPN connection on Windows XP - Step 2
3Click on "Next" button without any changes on components list:

OpenVPN connection on Windows XP - Step 3
4Click on "Install":

OpenVPN connection on Windows XP - Step 4
5If you have the following message, press "Install" button:

OpenVPN connection on Windows XP - Step 5
6Now click on "Next" button:

OpenVPN connection on Windows XP - Step 6
7On the final screen, please select "Start OpenVPN GUI" and press "Finish" button:

OpenVPN connection on Windows XP - Step 7
8In this stage, OpenVPN GUI is installed on your PC. Please login using provided credentials in our client area, you will need to download OpenVPN UDP/TCP configuration assigned to your server, rename as RapidVPN UDP/TCP.ovpn and store files according to your package configuration. Normally you will find it on following path: C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config.

OpenVPN connection on Windows XP - Step 8
9Start your OpenVPN application if is not started yet.
Now, on the toolbar, you should see a symbol for OpenVPN, right click on the symbol with the mouse, choose server you want to connect if you added multiple configurations in your "config" directory and click Connect.

OpenVPN connection on Windows XP - Step 9
You will be asked for username and password combination. Please enter correct values:

OpenVPN connection on Windows XP - Step 11
To disconnect, just right click on the OpenVPN server you where connected (if you have multiple configurations) and/or just select Disconnect.